How common is the surname Peraza?

5,949 people in the United States had the surname Peraza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,899 Americans. It ranked 5,811th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Peraza getting more or less common?

More common. 4,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,949 in 2010, up 49%.

The surname Peraza

A surname, carried by 5,949 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peraza is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,949 people named Peraza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,899 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,005.

#5,811

rank among US surnames

5,949

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+48.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,660)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,802	Kiernan	5,966	51,751
#5,804	Sadowski	5,965	51,760
#5,805	Hendershot	5,963	51,777
#5,806	Downes	5,956	51,838
#5,807	McGinn	5,955	51,846
#5,809	Bard	5,953	51,864
#5,810	Federico	5,951	51,881

Who is named Peraza

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Peraza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peraza

Peraza has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

Questions

How common is the surname Peraza?: 5,949 people in the United States had the surname Peraza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,899 Americans. It ranked 5,811th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peraza?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Peraza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Peraza getting more or less common?: More common. 4,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,949 in 2010, up 49%.